[V8] oil leak

[dsaad at icehouse.net]

Did you by chance just add some oil, and spill it along the spark plug cover?
If so, it drains out the back of the head over the distributor base.

My usual course of action would be to clean up the motor/engine bay as good as 
possible and then look for leaks but this can easily cause more problems if you 
get water in connectors/distributor caps, etc.

If you do use a pressure washer, plan to clean and dry out all electrical 
connectors and the caps.


Dave


Quoting Ron Wainwright <ron_01056 at yahoo.com>:

>   Listers,
> 
>  After a short trip to a friends house i noticed smoke
> coming up from under the hood,
>  popped the hood & saw smoke coming from the rear of
> the engine behind the air filter on both sides some
> oil must be leaking from the rear of the engine onto
> the headers,
>  so I took a flashlight & saw some oil near & under
> the driver side distributor & on the back side of the
> block allso on the belly pan under the car i swipped
> my finger & got fresh oil on the driver side rear most
> part of the belly pan near the rubber piece that holds
> it.
>  wasn't able to really get a good look as I didn't
> take off the filter housing. Allso noticed a little
> under the distributor on the pass side as well but not
> as bad as the driver side.
>  My friend mentioned maybe rear main seal cause he
> asked if I had any oil residue on the back bumper & I
> do,
>  we were allso thinking valve cover gaskets,
>  but I mentioned that the car has gaskets for the
> distributors?. 
>  I don't know I'm realativley new to the V8 but have
> owned Audi's since I was 17 so i'm familiar with there
> missgivings.
> 
>  Allso I might mention that I went Chris Semples
> (Force5auto) this morning to meet him at his shop in
> Concord, NH a 2 hour trip for me from Mass. I drove
> the V8 with no problems oil pressure was fine, oil
> temp was as normal, no warning lights there or back.
>  I went to my friends house a few hours after i got
> back from Chris's so the car was relativley cool & his
> house is just like 5 min away,
> there was alot of smoke for a 5 minute trip.
>  Any help would be great
> Thanks
> Ron
> 87 5ksq many mods 247k original owner
> 90 200tqa many mods 224k
> 90 V8 pearl 88k 02 S4 Avus 17's
> 
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